In the 71 establishments inspected in Oakland, 559 Chinese and Japanese were employed. Of these establishments, 14 laundries with 216 employes, 5 restaurants with 27 employes, and 2 miscellaneous establishments with 13 employes, were Japanese. In other words, there were 21 Japanese establishments, employing 256 individuals, and 50 Chinese establishments, employing 203 individuals. There were no minors employed, and of the adults 539, or 96.4 per cent, were males; and 20, or 3.6 per cent, were females. These females were all Japanese. The figures correspond closely with those for Chinese and Japanese in San Francisco. In 20, or 28.2 per cent of the establishments, the sanitation was good; in 46, or 64.8 per cent, fair; and in 5, or 7.0 per cent, bad. SOCIAL STATISTICS. This chapter is very full and complete and contains many new ideas. and thoughts. The work has been carried on mainly by personal correspondence, thus minimizing the cost, the principal item being that of compilation and tabulation. The data and information for this article has been drawn from many sources, including officers of the State prisons and reformatories, county sheriffs, county clerks, probation officers and police officials in the larger cities and towns of the State. Tables are presented showing in detail the total number of felonies and misdemeanors for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1908. These tables have been tabulated by counties and show the various occupations, ages, degrees of crime and periods of sentence or fines imposed, for each fiscal year. Tables are also presented showing the total number of final decrees of divorce granted in the State for the two fiscal years 1906 07 and 1907-08. These have been tabulated by counties and show, in addition to the divorces, the total number of marriages for the above period, and also the percentage of divorce to marriage. Numbers show tendencies. Charts have been introduced to graphically present these tendencies. Special deductions have been drawn and presented in each table. In the continuance of the work of the Bureau on social statistics, some new and original lines of research will be followed. With a view to ascertaining the relationship which we believe exists between crime (especially juvenile in the more serious offenses), lack of education and child labor in early youth, additional information will be sought to carry on this investigation as part of our future work. A careful analysis of crime committed within the State, especially felonies (adults and juvenile), will be made to determine, among many points, the percentage having its origin and growth or development within the confines of the State, and due, therefore, to existing social and economic conditions, and that coming to us from other states and countries. The Bureau will coöperate with the officials of the United States Immigration Commission in this regard. All of the work in connection with social statistics will be done with the object that the data may be used as the foundation for possible future corrective legislation. MISDEMEANORS. Ages of Persons Convicted of Misdemeanors in California During the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1907. (Tabulated by Counties.) 423 2,755 2,820 2,480 1,887 5 Fresno 1,052 2 818 216 213 123 26 6 *Includes all of the city of Los Angeles, no record having been kept of ages of persons convicted of misdemeanors. |